Ok, so you already know plastic is a problem. As bad as you thought it was, though, researchers in 2017 kept showing us it was even worse. Here are some of the “highlights” from one year of plastic pollution studies.

The Arctic Sunrise just finished a month-long tour down the eastern seaboard, addressing climate issues at every turn. The tour concluded in Puerto Rico, with a delegation of climate organizers and activists working in solidarity with rural communities, in an effort to help rebuild the island in a way that is equitable, sustainable and just.

Private security firm TigerSwan not only policed the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016, but gathered and supplied intelligence on Indigenous Water Protectors and climate activists, in an effort to build a conspiracy case against Greenpeace.